Top Companies by Buyback Yield in Healthcare
Largest public companies ranked by buyback yield in Healthcare on a trailing twelve months basis. Compare top issuers, sector peers and historical context on…
How buyback yield is measured
Buyback yield is trailing-twelve-month buyback spend divided by current market capitalization, expressed as a percentage. It answers a different question than absolute spend: how much value is the company returning relative to the equity capital outstanding today. A small-cap retiring 6% of its float is doing more for per-share economics than a mega-cap retiring 1.5%, even if the dollars are smaller.
Pair with shareholder yield (buybacks plus dividends) for the full capital-return picture, and buyback spend for absolute scale. Both numerator (buybacks in USD) and denominator (market cap) use IAS 21 closing-rate translation so non-USD reporters rank on a comparable basis. Rankings USD translation methodology · IFRS IAS 21 (official)
Calculated from each company's four most recent reported quarters, as of .
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Top companies by Buyback Yield — Healthcare
- DaVita
DVA
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 18.33%
- As of
- Henry Schein
HSIC
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 9.24%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 8.48%
- As of
- Revvity
RVTY
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 7.47%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 6.98%
- As of
- IQVIA
IQV
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 5.87%
- As of
- Zoetis
ZTS
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 5.80%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 5.67%
- As of
- Cigna
CI
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 4.95%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 4.69%
- As of
- AptarGroup
ATR
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 4.55%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 4.26%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 4.07%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 4.00%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 3.67%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 3.66%
- As of
- Illumina
ILMN
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 3.61%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 3.57%
- As of
- Align Technology
ALGN
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 3.45%
- As of
- Viatris
VTRS
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 3.43%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 2.78%
- As of
- McKesson
MCK
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 2.50%
- As of
- Bio-Techne
TECH
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 2.47%
- As of
- Merck & Co.
MRK
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 2.37%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 2.34%
- As of
- Centene
CNC
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 2.29%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 2.25%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 2.16%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 2.07%
- As of
- DexCom
DXCM
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 1.93%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 1.74%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 1.69%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 1.51%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 1.50%
- As of
- ResMed
RMD
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 1.32%
- As of
- Gilead Sciences
GILD
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 1.26%
- As of
- Danaher
DHR
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 1.25%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 1.18%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 1.18%
- As of
- STERIS
STE
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 0.93%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 0.93%
- As of
- Medtronic
MDT
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 0.81%
- As of
- Humana
HUM
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 0.49%
- As of
- Eli Lilly
LLY
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 0.43%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 0.41%
- As of
- Insulet
PODD
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 0.30%
- As of
- GE HealthCare
GEHC
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 0.27%
- As of
- AbbVie
ABBV
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 0.24%
- As of
- AstraZeneca
AZN
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 0.16%
- As of
- Incyte
INCY
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 0.10%
- As of
- Stryker
SYK
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 0.10%
- As of
- Novo Nordisk
NVO
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 0.09%
- As of
- Cencora
COR
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 0.08%
- As of
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Buyback Yield
- 0.06%
- As of